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Most of these were cases where the Water Authority cut off
the supply on account of non.payment or leakage. In all
cases immediate steps were taken to have the supply improved
or re.instated.
Food and Drugs Act.
4. 498 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst, and
42, or 8.4 per cent. were found adulterated, compared with
5.5, 4.1, and 5'7 in the three preceding years, and about 15 per
cent, in London County. Proceedings were taken in 27 cases ;
5 were dismissed on proof of warranty, 2 were withdrawn, and
a conviction was obtained in 20.
A total of £55 13s. Od. was imposed in penalties, and
£17 13s. in costs.
5. 366 of the samples were milk, and 34 of these, or 9.3 per
cent. were adulterated, compared with 4.8 and 6.1 in the two
preceding years.
78 samples were bought as butter, and 4 found to be adulterated
with margarine, two being all margarine.
Table XVIII. shows the other 54 articles analysed. Only 4
were found adulterated, viz.4 brandies, which were found to
contain spirit other than grape spirit, but as the vendor gave
notice of this, there was no case for prosecution.
Of the 24 adulterated milk samples for which prosecutions
were instituted, 17 were for abstraction of fat, 4 for added
water, and 3 for addition of Formalin. One of the Formalin
cases was dismissed, owing to the Analyst having omitted to
state the amount of Formalin present; convictions were
obtained in the other three.